Gas-generating oil-burner.



i L. S.CAMPBELL. GAS GENEHATING OIL BURNER.

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1,300,246. Patented MII-.151919.

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ATTORNEY.

LAWRENCE s. cAMrBEnL, or KANSAS CITY, MIssoUnI.

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Application nreanugust 14, 191s. serial No. 249,922.

v To `all Awhom it may concern:

Be it known thatvI, LAWRENCE S.-.CAMP BELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and IState of Missouri, have inventedagnew and useful Improvement in GasfGenerating Oil-Burners, of which the following is av specification.

My burners for oil stoves, a-nd the objects of my invention are, first, toy provide a cheap, durable, and economical gas generating'burner having facility` forf` generating a vfuel gas from petroleum oil,a ndfy which vmay befap- .plied to furnaces and stoves, and second, to provide the burner with facility for obtain; ing perfect combustion of tthegeneratedgas to prevent accumulations of l carbon and soot. f

I attain these -objects" ,andv other'gadvan tages bymeans of the mechanismrrandcoml U l tion 7, andas provided with ahole 13,'wh1ch' bination of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 isj a vertical elevation ,ofaburner'embodyingtmy invention, and showing thesame applied to a hot air furnace; Fig, V2, is'a bottomv1ew of the retort,a part of my inventio1i', and ,taken on the line yII -II, Fig. l, and showing theradial ribs and vents forl gas ,L Fig, is a vertical .section through thecomplete burner, on the line III-JH, in Fig. ,1,gand

showing the gas ,generating diaphragsms, ad;

part of my invention; Fig. et, is a :topfplan view of the supporting 'memherg Fig.. 5, is a view of the inner side of the saucermember of the diaphragme; Fig. 6, isy atop fplan view of the distributing plate member form-` ing part of the diaphragme, va part of my inventiongFig. 7, is a top plan-"view of one of the diaphragms, and showing Ythe indentations therein to space the same from the saucer member; Fig. 8, is a vertical .section of the diaphragm, on the line VIII-VIII, in Fig. 7 and Fig. 9, is a view of the inner side of the lower section of the retort. Y p

Similar numerals of reference refer to icorresponding parts throughout the several views. en The numeral '1, indicates aogas generating oil burner which'embodies. my 'i-nvention, and which is .mounted on gratelbars"2in the re pot 3, offa furnace/Ja andrpera' tively connected with'anoil supply ipipe A5, the latter being connectedv withga source of oil, not shown, and adapted to supply oil' inventionv vrelates to gas Agenerating,

' toY the` bul-ner by gravity. The burner consists ofiany inverted cup-shaped section 6, whichis demountably secured on therim of asimilar section 7 ythe assembled sections forming a retort havingachamber 8. The

Patented Apr.` 1919.

exteriorl sides ofthe sections 6 and 7, arey provided with radially extending ribs 9,

. which 'project a little', distance to provide additional heatconducting and radiating surfaces. An annularvertically extending flange 10, is formed at the inner edge of the rimofsection 7,;.and a substantially similar ,flange'isjormed' at the outer.edgeof'thev .e

'70. lap, the former with a suitable degree of I frictionl to `hold the sections operativelyjasj sembled. stud 11, is formed integralwith `rj section 6, and kis adapted to receive. a perforated"plate or other device for spreading and ldeiecting .the flame of the burner.A 'A' section k6, the latter being adapted to overboss v12, is` formed` on" thel lower; side offsecis"boredftopresent an oblong Ypor elliptical pipe. flheglower portion of/fthe `boss iis reduced circumferentially and provided with slotted'y orifices fervents 14; A vertically ex'- tending pipe 15, is providedata suitable intermediatepoint with :a washer' 16, Uand'4 ,n

which is adapted :to receive 'and support vthe retort portion .ofthe burner,fthefupper-` p0rtion of the pipebeingezitended through the hole `13, penetrating the chamber 8,'toclo`sely adjacent itsfto-pl supporting -membfer'l .v ,x lcomprising a wheel "18fhaving an ar'inularlv bead 19, inwardlyfadjacent thefinner edge vof its rim,l` a hubv20, and'spokes 21, radiatings therefrom, is adjustably .mounted `'the' .pipe` 15,` a isuitable distancel `below the ywasher' 16, and is adapted to lodge. and lie `horizmitally' uponthe grate bars 2,' inthe furnace and thereby holdthe burner in verticalposition. A catch basin 22, is secured 4on the lower portion of the pipe 15, insuch a mannerthat it shall be positioned in the I ash #pit 23,`of. the furnace Any outlet 24:;is V.provided in thecatch basin for the passage of v wastei oil. A v serieslof metallic diav with central openings 27, adapted .to receive thepipel, and having their borders up-set v and forming annular e. flanges 2 8, and per# forations 29, in the bottoms of the saucers adjacent the lip-set iianges; the inner sides of the bottom portions of the saucers are formed concaved. Circular convexed disks 3'0, having diameters less than the diameters of the saucers are mounted on the pipe 15,- and Vare received bythe saucers, the disks being provided with indentations 31, to form ribs 32 on their lower sides toV hold the' disks spaced apart from the saucers and with central openings 33, having their borders up-set andV forming flanges 811. The

` diaphragms organized as above described,

are mounted one after the other on the pipe 15, until the chamber 8, is substantially occupied by them, the flanges 34, on the disk of the lowermost ,diaphragm supportingly engaging the inner side of the next above saucer member,-continuing Vthus to pile the diaphragme. The uppermost disk on the uppermost diaphragm is secured on the pipe in any suitable `manner for the purpose of holding'th'e diaphragms operatively assembled.

To apply my invention,vthe wheel 1S, is secured on the pipe 15, atthel desired point Y thereon, and the washer Y 16, is slidably ymounted there-above a suitable distance and vand out ofthe vents 1,4, where the oil is best adapted for receiving and supporting the'. retort of the burner, the washer being` held in' place by any suitable detaining i means, in thisinstance, bya collar 85, which is 'provided with a set screw 36. r1`he cup vsection 7, is 'then loosely mounted on the pipe, so that the'lower end of the boss 12, having therv'ents 14, is received and supported bythe washer 16. The diaphragms 25, are then piled, one ontheother, and mounted on the portion of the pipe penetrating the chamber 8, the disk of the uppermost diaphragm jbeing secured'on the pipe, in the manner-already described. The oil supply line is then connected withthe pipe finallyreaching the bottom of section 7, and' gravitating through the elliptical hole 13, and on the outer sideof the pipel, therein,

ignited and allowed to;burn,A thereby heating the retort and the diaphragme therein to such a Ydegree that the oil therein and thereon will be converted into a combustible gas,

and which will ultimately be forced out of Vof the supporting member, mixes with the gas and, thereby, an intense flame is produced which heats the furnace walls without accumulations of carbon and soot.

The burner device is applied to the furnace, bypassing the lower portion of the pipe 15, downwardly through the grate openings and bringingthe lower side of the supporting member `17, to bear on the grate bars 2, and the saucer `or catch basin 22, attached, the pipe 15, being then connected with the oil supply line. Asbestos or any other suitable material is lodged on the grate bars, between the supporting member and the furnace wall, so that the air shall be admitted to mixwith the gas, through the wheel 18, between the spokes thereof. The air and gas mix automatically andthe mixture, when ignited, produces intense heat, which effects a heating of the furnace and a heating of the retort and, thereby, the diaphragms are maintained in heated'condition and the oil thereon converted into gas without delay.

Vl-laving described my invention what I claim is 1. In a gas generating oil burner, the combination, of a cup-shaped section provided exteriorly with radial projecting ribs and with an extension having an opening communicating with the section, an inverted cup-shaped section demountably mounted on said first mentioned section and provided exteriorly with radial projecting ribs and forming with the latter a retort, a pipe penetrating said retort and having a washer slidably mounted thereon and adapted to supportingly engage the retort, diaphragms mounted on said pipe within'the retort, said 'diaphragms comprising perforated saucer- Vshaped members provided with central openings and with vertical annular flanges at the borders of the openings and convexed disks supportingly engaged by said saucer-shaped members and provided with central openings ad with vertical annu-lai' anges at the borders of the openings and adapted to r ceive and support the saucer-shaped members, and means carried by said pipe for. supporting the burner in vertical position.

2. In a gas generating oil burner, the combination, of a cup-shaped section provided with an extension on its lower side having an opening communicating with the cup-shaped section, an inverted cup-shaped section demountably mounted on said first n mentioned section and forming with the latter a retort, a pipe penetrating said retort and having a washer slidably mounted thereon and adapted to supportingly engage the retort, and diaphragms mounted on said 1300346 'IY l'a pipe A ,Within the fretort,saiciY diaplnag'ms ivirtical .annulai kflanxg'es';at the borders', of n comprising perforated sauger-shaped memth openin s. l l

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vertical anges -atfithe bonders of the open- LAWRENCE S. CAMPBELL. 5 ings and convexed disks supportingly en VfVitnesses:v p

gaged by said saucer-shaped membersand l VF. E. SMALL; y

provided with central openings and with BATTLE MCCARDLE. y

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